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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Rodrigues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the ring accompanied by Ice Ice Baby. Fabio Rodrigues will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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188 cm
21
180 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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200 cm
25
180 lbs
8 - 6 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anderson Silva! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabio Rodrigues! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Rodrigues looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range. Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rodrigues fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rodrigues ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away. Nice uppercut there from Silva.
It looks like Fabio Rodrigues has been cut. Silva instigates a clinch. A short right from Silva. With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rodrigues on the side of the head. Rodrigues takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This has been an exciting period of action! Rodrigues misses with a straight left. Rodrigues fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rodrigues lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively. Rodrigues misses with a wild combination.
Rodrigues tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance. Silva scores with a hook.
That has opened up Fabio Rodrigues's cut even more. Rodrigues takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Rodrigues looks gassed! Rodrigues wants to clinch. Rodrigues tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round. Silva drops Rodrigues with a beautiful combination! Rodrigues stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Silva is looking for the KO!
Rodrigues is rocked! Silva cracks a nice hook into Rodrigues's ribs. Rodrigues loses concentration momentarily and Silva pounces with a three punch combo! Right, left, right! Rodrigues crashes face first to the mat, out cold! Silva finishes this one with a fantastically precise combo! Great stuff.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Anderson Silva!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
100% |
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